Capillaria crinalis (Hare ex Turner) Stackhouse 1816

Publication Details
Capillaria crinalis (Hare ex Turner) Stackhouse 1816: xii

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 plates. Oxford: S. Collingwood.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Capillaria is Capillaria hudsonii Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gelidium crinale (Hare ex Turner) Gaillon.

Basionym
Fucus crinalis Hare ex Turner

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 140) Lectotype (provisional): R. Hare; BM ex K; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 140) Notes: Dawson (1953: 64) notes holotype is not designated but may be considered to be a specimen without locality data from the Turner Herbarium, now in Kew, England. It is annotated "This is Turner's idea of G. crinale and may be taken as the type. f. W.A.S." An isotype fragment of this specimen is on sheet 55234 in HAHF. Silva et al. (1996: 137) note that Fucus crinalis was lectotypified by Dawson (1953: 64), who, however cited "Rocks at Kilmouth, Cornwall, England" as the provenance of the lectotype specimen and that the error was corrected by Dixon & L. Irvine (1977a: 140).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of the hair (Smith & Lockwood 1933).

Created: 03 April 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 April 2010

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